George Merchant | |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1926 |
Birth Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
Youthclubs1: | Dundee Stobswell |
Years1: | 1951–1957 |
Caps1: | 65 |
Goals1: | 31 |
Years2: | 1957–1958 |
Caps2: | 23 |
Goals2: | 18 |
Totalcaps: | 88 |
Totalgoals: | 49 |
George Merchant (13 May 1926 – 16 August 2015)[1] [2] was a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee[3] and Falkirk.[4] Merchant scored one of the goals as Falkirk won the 1957 Scottish Cup Final.[2] After retiring as a football player, he became a football coach at Dunfermline Athletic and set up a printing business.[1]
On 16 August 2015, Merchant died in a nursing home in Carnoustie.[5]